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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / July 2007Protected documents and shapes
I have documents where a page or two are protected in the document. My problem is when I come across one of these documents none of my macros for added shapes works correctly on the non-protected pages. It will not let me edit any shapes either. I can change text on these pages. Does Word lock up shapes for the whole document even though protection is for only 1 or 2 pages? If that is the case is there a way to fix this? Any help with is would be appreciated. Fuzzhead >I have documents where a page or two are protected in the document. My > problem is when I come across one of these documents none of my macros for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > shapes for the whole document even though protection is for only 1 or 2 > pages? Unfortunately yes > If that is the case is there a way to fix this? Any help with is would > be appreciated. Temporarily unprotect the document, change the shapes, reprotect.  SignatureRegards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the reply even if it was bad news. I hope Microsoft is working on fixing this. Fuzzhead > >I have documents where a page or two are protected in the document. My > > problem is when I come across one of these documents none of my macros for [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Temporarily unprotect the document, change the shapes, reprotect. No, Microsoft is definitely _not_ working on "fixing" this because they don't think it's "broken". What they're doing instead, starting with Word 2007, is providing content controls that do much the same things as form fields (plus a lot more) but don't require the document to be protected at all. Protected forms will eventually fade into the museum of dead features. Unfortunately, in this first pass they seem to have forgotten to include a check box type among the content controls. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >Hi Jonathan, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Temporarily unprotect the document, change the shapes, reprotect. Well I guess that’s too bad for all of us who don’t have Word 2007. If I unprotect the document, is there a way take if an end user clicks in a table that it will autopen my form? That way the information is entered in the same way ever time using the form. fuzzhead > No, Microsoft is definitely _not_ working on "fixing" this because > they don't think it's "broken". What they're doing instead, starting [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > >> > >> Temporarily unprotect the document, change the shapes, reprotect. You can insert a MacroButton field in your protected form, and have it call the macro that displays the userform. MacroButtons still work even when the document is protected. The macro can then unprotect the document, insert the shapes or data where they're needed, and reprotect. For the MacroButton/macro technique, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/HLinksInForms.htm. Note especially the macro that makes the MacroButton field activate with a single click. For the reprotect, note that you should include the parameter NoReset:=True. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >Well I guess thats too bad for all of us who dont have Word 2007. > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> >> >> >> Temporarily unprotect the document, change the shapes, reprotect. |
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